Temporary binder



(No Model.)

L. H. KEMPER.

TEMPORARY BINDER. No. 392,516. Patented Nov. 6, 1888.

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UNITED STATES LEWIS I I. KEMPER, OF MITVAUKEE, lVISCONSIN.

TEMPORARY BINDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent 150.392,51, dated November 6,1888.

Application llellJuly 16, 199.8. SeralNo. 280,012. (No model.)

T0 (LZZ whom it may concern,.-

Be it known that I, LEWrs Il. Kunnen, of Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee, and in the State of Wisconsin, have invented certain. new and useful Improvements in Temporary Binders; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

My invention relates to temporary binders; and it consists in certain peculiarities of construction and combination of parts, to be hereinafter described with reference to the aecompanying drawings, and subsequently claimed.

In the drawings, Figure l represents a perspective View of a temporary binder constructed according to my invention and Fig. 2, a detail view illustrating the means for conneting the binder with a pamphlet or folded sheets of paper. Figs. 3 and 4 are detail views illustrating one of the loops that form part of my invention. l

Referring by letter to the drawings, A represents the-covers, and B the back,of my temporary binder. Said covers and back, being of the usual material employed in that class of devices to which my invention relates, are flexibly united in the ordinary manner.

Riveted or otherwise suitably secured to the inner side of the back I3 near the top and bottom thereof are double right-angle plates C, that face cach other. The opposing horizontal surfaces of the angleplates C are eut away to leave a series of pins, c, and secured to the back I3 midway between said angle-plates is a supportingbloek, D; but it is obvious that while I have only shown and described one such block I :may employ two or more and arrange them at suitable intervals apart.

The pins con the angle-plates() aredesigucd to engage the eyes c of loops E, the latter being preferablymade of wire so bent that the eye on each loop will be transverse to the length thereof, said wire being turned down at its ends to form prongs j", that pass through the back of the pamphlet, book, or the fold of a series of leaves, F, as best illustrated by the detail, Fig. 4l.

In the operation of my invention the prongs fof the wire loops E are passed through the back of the pamphlet, book, or folded leaves F, and then .bent down parallel to the length of said loops, the latter being at such dis tance apart as to register with the angleplates C, secured to the baekB of the binder. New by Ybending the pamphlet, book, or folded leaves in the center the eyes e of loops E can be brought into register with the pins c, forming part of the angle-plates G, and upon the straightening out of said pamphlet, book, or folded leaves said eyes will pass onto said pins and retain the parts in the position best illustrated by Fig. l. \Vhcn the pins c and eyes e are in engagement, the block or blocks D support the pamphlet, book,orl`olded leaves and prevent any sagging toward the back B of the binder. Io disconnect a pamphlet, book, or set of folded leaves from the binder, it is only necessary to bend said pamphlet, book,or folded leaves, so as to draw onel ofthe loops ofi' its piu, and, being thus detached at one end, the other loop can be readily separated from its pin `by a draw to or from the operator, or by placing the hand under the' back of a pamphlet, book, or set ol folded leaves and lifting up the same it will bend enough in the center to permit both loops to come off their pins at the same time.

IIaving thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

il.. In a temporary binder, the combination of a series of pins connected to the back of the binder at or near its ends, so as to be clear of said back and have the points of the pins in one series face the points of the pins in the opposite series, the article or articles to be bound, and loops secured to said article or articles and provided with transverse eyes for engagcnlent with said pins, substantially as set forth.

2. In a temporary binder, the combination of a series oi" pins connected to 'the back of the binder at or near its ends, so as to be clear of said back and have the points of the pins in one series face the points of the pins in the opposite series, the article or articles to be bound, loops secured to said article or articles and provided with transverse eyes for engagement with the pins, and a .supporting block or blocks arranged between said series of pins, substantially as set forth.

In a temporary binder, the combination of a double right-angle plate secured to the back of the binder at or near each end thereof,

and the opposing horizontal surfaces ol each Verse eyes e and prongsf, substantially as set plate cut away to leave a series of pins, the forth. article or articles to be bound, and loops se- In testimony thatclaimthe foregoinghave' cured to said article or articles and provided hereunto set my hand, at Milwaukee, in the 5 with transverse eyes for engagement with the county of Milwaukee and State of Nisconsin, 15

pins, substantially as set forth. in the presence of two witnesses.

4. A temporary binder consisting` of the LEWIS H. KEMPER. covers A, back B, plates C, cut away to leave Vitnesses: the pins c, the article or articles to be bound, N. E. OLIPHANT7 Io and the wire loops E, provided with the trans- I NVM. KLUG. 

